Petri Hirvonen
Cyprus
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Nº55
Date: 2011-07-14 - 09:37
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Max Depth: 29.8m Duration: 42mins
Dive Location
- Temp: Surf 28°C Bottom 20°C
- Dive type : Deep dive, Wreck, Photo
- Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
- Mask: Mares - X-Vision (Yellow/Clear)
- Fins: Mares - Avanti X3 Open Heel (Yellow, size R)
- Boots: Mares - 6.5mm
- Light: Technisub - Lumen X4 (Yellow)
- Computer: Mares - Puck
- Camera: Canon - IXUS 75 + WP-DC14
- Weights: 6 kg
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Dive Profile
- 1. Air
- 18L Steel 200 → 50 bar
- Average depth: 18.4m
- SAC: 1.26 bar/min
- RMV: 22.68 L/min
Data provided by EOL.org
Species Identified
Diplodus vulgaris (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (Common two-banded seabream)
A euryhaline species inhabiting rocky and sometimes sandy bottoms to depths of 160 m, but more commonly in less than 50 m. The young are sometimes found in seagrass beds. Adults feed on crustaceans, worms and mollusks . Important food fish.
Epinephelus (Epinephelus groupers)
Chromis chromis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mediterranean chromis)
Form small shoals in midwater above or near rocky reefs or above seagrass meadows (Posidonia. Feed on small planktonic or benthic animals . Reproduce in summer . Eggs characterised by adhesive filaments are nested on rocky or sandy bottoms . Males guard the eggs .
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Another great dive at Zenobia! To the dive site on the boat from the old Larnaca fishing harbour. Mooring to the rear end of the wreck and descending straight to propellers. Diving past the lorries and back from the life boat, remembering to feed the breams with leftover toast from breakfast.